Suicide bomb explodes in Basra
A suicide car bomb exploded today outside an apartment building used by the Badr Brigade, a Shiite militia linked to one of the main parties in the Iraqi government, killing at least one person and wounding three, police said.
The blast happened near the three-story building in Basra at about 7.30am local time, and the survivors included former Basra Gov. Hassan al-Rashid, a senior local brigade leader, said police Capt. Mushtak Kadim.
